The refinery is in Bloomfield, NM., about a half hour away. The same tanker truck from the Bloomfield refinery fills up the tanks at most of the local stations. (The dealers say they add their own proptrietary additives.) Two guys own most of the stations in town. Another guy owns a station at the Peerless Tyre store. He sets his prices 1 penny less than the price set by the Conoco across the street.

That's as close as we ever get to a gas war.
I’m guessing those three guys got together for coffee one morning ...

(Gas in Bloomfield where the refinery is located was $2.54 today)

Bloomfield, NM is in the middle of a natural gas and oil patch.
The area is riddled with natural gas and oil pipelines.

Colorado is among the states with the lowest gasoline taxes - 20cents/gallon.

It ain’t transportation, and it ain’t taxes.

(Best price in Denver today was $2.17.)

Tourist town.
We get gouged.

If you want to check your local stations for best prices, use Gas Buddy.
Google: Gas Buddy [Your Town, Your State]

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The station that I normally stop at (one of the cheapest in the area) is $2.83 right now. Of course it's at least 5-1/2 miles from the fourth largest refinery on the west coast, so there's transportation costs to factor in. It doesn't help that our state has a 49.4 cent/gallon tax, plus the 18.4 cent/gallon federal tax.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

2.009 today at the Sheetz in Asheboro. That's the lowest we've seen in a long time.

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